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  Themed Online Distractors (for EA Decision Day) to the 2020 MIT Protofrosh

  

  've been following the MIT blogs, recall the number of times we wrote that ... publishing deal for Chronicles of Narnia after 2 years of trying and failing ... , here is a list of Themed Online Distractors for MIT Decision Day: Pre

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  some of you, and we Bloggers also met each other--most of our interaction ... of event. The pre-frosh are all very exciting, and I enjoy being ... speaking, I already am a sophomore...o__O Yet, the density of my experiences

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Punt Puzzle A collaborative affair

  

  typically often used as a verb. It refers to an action or a series of actions ... -set. After staring at the problems for a couple of minutes, my mind folded into ... . Let the games begin!! *** Er…I was expecting a fancy cloud of smoke

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 25, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ushering in a New Era An open letter to Pass/No Record (with footnotes!)

  

  there for me**. Like a rock. Or that piece of paper I accidentally ... freshman anymore, so while most of my fellow freshmen will be on the ABC/no record grading system, I get the pleasure of being acquainted with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  "Okay, everybody! Shut up!" Aaron*, dance coach of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of the international rumba. Here in Lobby

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  recitation and office hours. This is a compiled list of the resources that I ... . Recitation This is usually your first line of defense when you leave lecture ... will swear that recitations are the worst possible waste of your time

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  world am I? Two days ago I won a prime cut of meat by winning a game of musical chairs against a group of about 40 people (the majority of whom have their PhD). Yesterday I apprehensively put the equivalent of almost $450

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  , cofounder of Lingt and inventor of the iDoor, which I lived behind one summer ... our shared ambitions of livestreaming graduation from our hats, I ... freshman year), none of the good shops are available after midnight. My

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  The start of the semester was comically reminiscent of the first day of third grade, when after a few minutes of reading from a picture book ... .06 instead of 7.05. Oops. I retreated with my freshly free hour and a bagel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is ... ? Do I leave my dorm room enough? Am I taking the most advantages of the opportunities I have here? Am I happy here? During one of my reflection times, one

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  , which was already late on day two of school. “Hey, instead of doing ... now that I went to an art school and spent most of my time in film theory classes because I was forced to consider what I was going to make of

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... . Now, instead of using fitted sheets as capes, I buy fabric from the ... and take my first steps into the world of “we don't know why this

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  .01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during ... quick and dirty introduction to the fundamentals of circuit building and ... lot of sense. All in all, I love this class so far. 2.002-Mechanics and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  LET’S PLAY Dodgeball!

  

  My high school didn’t have the broadest range of athletic options, so ... . One of my suitemates is on the Varsity Field Hockey team and attends to ... athletic commitments. Even better, some of the highest-achieving teams here

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  UPDATE: After a tip from Pro-snowman league warning us of a possible ... survival of snowmen everywhere! We will defend! If I could give them out ... has officially dumped on MIT, creating about a foot of snow all over

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  Today was moving day. My role in life on May 25th, was to move all of my crap (believe me, a lot of it is crap) up a floor (onto Conner 3 ... that I have a lot of crap. 20ish trips and multiple breaks later I had

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  length of the Infinite Corridor, admiring the cracked Terazzo floor and the ... honed amid the mellow brick and expansive green lawns of my and William ... supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  was on exchange, like all of Illinois got multiple snow days! Dang. For now, though, it's byooootiful. The kind of weather I'd like to ride my ... my bike, but I haven't seen it in any of the normal places I go, so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  ....it's MIT, and languages don't involve math and all. First of all, I can reassure you that MIT does have humanities classes, and a lot of them are pretty awesome. In fact, MIT has one of the best political science programs

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  So I just read Ben's post regarding the official release date of ... finals. And that kinda blows because nobody likes finals. (Thus, in lieu of ... talking about what to blog about.) Also, nobody likes the suspense of big

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007